Next game will be against New York Rangers on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 in New York Madison Square GardenLast game against New York Rangers which was played in Brooklyn Barclays Center on 11/15/2018 Islanders won 7-5See All games played against New York Rangers

A pair of teams off decidedly different yet equally unprecedented victories will square off Sunday afternoon, when the New York Islanders host the Dallas Stars at Barclays Center. The Islanders last played Thursday night, when they remained perfect in the Metropolitan Division and continued their dominance over the New York Rangers with a 7-5 win over their arch-rivals at Barclays Center. The Stars edged the visiting Boston Bruins on Friday night, when Jason Dickinson scored 1:34 into overtime to give Dallas the 1-0 win.

Urged to shoot more, Esa Lindell came through with his first career multi-goal game to help the Dallas Stars get a big road win. Lindell scored twice during Dallas' four-goal second period and the Stars beat the New York Islanders 6-2 Sunday. ''(Assistant coach Rick Bowness) came to say in the morning skate on Friday that I want you to shoot more,'' Lindell said.

Lindell scored his second and third goals of the season on Sunday, with the latter being the game-winner as the Stars demolished the New York Islanders 6-2. This spot could have easily gone to either Alexander Radulov, Tyler Seguin or Jamie Benn, each who came away with three-point nights in the win. Dallas has won two straight and are 6-2-2 in their past 10 games.

The Pittsburgh Penguins could be in trouble in goal. The Penguins thought that Matt Murray was their goalie of the future and he excelled in his first two seasons, winning the Stanley Cup in both. It allowed the Penguins to have no trouble in letting Marc-Andre Fleury go to Vegas in the expansion draft.

The New York Rangers are on a roll at home ice while the Dallas Stars are surging on the road. One of those hot streaks will take a momentary hiatus Monday night when the Stars visit the Rangers. The Rangers are on a five-game home winning streak since a 4-1 loss to the Calgary Flames on Oct. 21 and are 7-3-0 at Madison Square Garden.